Letters
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Letter to the editor: Let’s take steps to ease COVID-fueled tensions
A friend told me she is devastated after being spit upon by another Mainer because she was wearing a black “I love Cuomo” mask with a red heart. The perpetrator believed my friend was a visitor from New York City when, in fact, she is a Maine resident from a small town who lives part […]
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Letter to the editor: Cemetery flags lift heart of South Portland veteran’s widow
The effort extended by volunteers in Mount Pleasant Cemetery is especially welcome this year.
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PublishedJune 3, 2020
Letter to the editor: Theft, arson are not part of peaceful protests
The First Amendment grants the right to peacefully protest but not to destroy someone else’s property. After serving 29 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, with a priority mission to save lives and property, I cannot now help to stop this madness of burning your hometown because of one incident. Yes, the death with video […]
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PublishedJune 3, 2020
Letter to the editor: Portland police urged to treat protesters respectfully
The people who are demonstrating in the wake of the killing of George Floyd have a constitutional right to assemble that should not be challenged.
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PublishedJune 3, 2020
Letter to the editor: Demonstrators face crackdown; looters are let go
As I watch the many demonstrations occurring in our country today in reaction to the suffocating of George Floyd, I am impressed with the large number of people who are involved in them. It is a positive statement of the concern that so many Americans have for this kind of racial issue, and who wish […]
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PublishedJune 3, 2020
Letter to the editor: Dine-in delays just the latest last-minute Mills decision
I do not understand the timing that Gov. Mills has used, yet again, in her decision making about reopening our state. It seemed that hair salons, etc., were scheduled to reopen and then suddenly allowed to open within two to three days earlier which resulted in salons not being fully prepared. Campgrounds were not to […]
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Letter to the editor: Susan Collins has left Mainers behind
I am a Maine Democrat and I am alarmed and saddened at recent developments at the federal level. Because of extreme Republican regressive policies, we have an embarrassing and unnecessary national pandemic emergency, our standing on the world stage is deteriorating daily and climate and environmental catastrophe is upon us. And because of the Republican […]
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
To keep Maine’s air clean, introduce Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
To keep Maine’s air clean, introduce Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Letter to the editor: Online activism isn’t enough to dismantle racism
In the wake of George Floyd's murder, it's past time ‘to step up and engage beyond the comfortable parameters of social media.’
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Letter to the editor: Maine must acknowledge racist history, present
Maine’s history and present are built on racism. It is urgent to articulate this as the Black Lives Matter uprising happens across this country. Maine needs to validate and enact protesters’ calls for action. We are culpable. Discussions of race between White Mainers, if they happen, follow a similar pattern. A mention that our history […]
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